John Barry Clemens is a former professional basketball

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 player. The 6' 6" Clemens attended Xenia High School

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 and Ohio Wesleyan University

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 before being drafted by the NBA's New York Knicks

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 in the 1965 NBA Draft

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, and he went on to have a productive 11 year career with five teams: the Knicks, the Chicago Bulls

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, the Seattle SuperSonics

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, the Cleveland Cavaliers

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, and the Portland Trail Blazers

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. He retired in 1976 with career totals of 5,316 points and 2,526 rebounds.

In 2009, Clemens was inducted into the Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame.